{"id":17114,"date":"2021-04-22T15:39:47","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T15:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=17114"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:10:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T23:10:26","slug":"macau-visitor-arrivals-up-255-4-in-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-visitor-arrivals-up-255-4-in-march","title":{"rendered":"Macau visitor arrivals up 255.4% in March"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macau registered 754,541 visitor arrivals in March, up 76.7 per cent from the previous month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macau.- The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) has reported that\u00a0<strong>754,541 tourists came to Macau in March<\/strong>, up 255.4 per cent from March 2020 and 76.6 per cent from February 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of those that visited Macau last month, 91.2 per cent came from mainland China, which is the only country to have a\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/covid-19-vaccine-passports-could-speed-up-macau-tourism-recovery\">largely quarantine-free travel bubble<\/a>\u00a0with Macau.<strong>\u00a0Mainland China visitors totalled 688,353, up 674.4 per cent compared to March 2020<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although the numbers are encouraging,\u00a0<strong>the number of visitor arrivals declined by 46.0 per cent year-on-year\u00a0<\/strong>to 1.74 million during the first three months of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A report recently suggested\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/report-suggests-macau-consider-online-gambling-to-recover-from-covid-19\">Macau should consider turning to technology and online gambling to maintain revenue<\/a>\u00a0as Macau is heavily dependant on tourism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">China adds flights to Macau ahead of Labour Day break<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the city\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-occupancy-rate-could-reach-80-during-labour-day-break\">prepares for the Labour Day break<\/a>, the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) expects a hotel occupancy rate between\u00a0<strong>70 per cent to 80 per cent<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Morgan Stanley reported that airlines <strong>are increasing their frequencies to Macau<\/strong> prior to the holiday. <strong>Most premium mass clients arrive in Macau by air.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since March, a negative\u00a0<strong>Covid-19 test result is no longer needed<\/strong>\u00a0to enter Macau\u2019s casinos, and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-visitors-down-23-in-february\">players can now stand at gaming tables<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Macau registered 754,541 visitor arrivals in March, up 76.7 per cent from the previous month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Macau reported 754,541 visitor arrivals in March, a 76.7% month-on-month increase, predominantly from mainland China. Despite this short-term uplift, Q1 2021 aggregate arrivals declined 46.0% year-on-year, prompting strategic discussions regarding online gambling as a potential revenue diversification vertical. Operational preparations for the Labour Day break include enhanced flight frequencies and relaxed casino entry protocols.","focusai_entities":"Statistics and Census Service (DSEC), Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO), Morgan Stanley","focusai_location":"Macau, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Projections","query":"What are the revised GGR projections for Macau's concessionaires, considering the March visitor data and the anticipated Labour Day holiday occupancy rates?"},{"label":"Online Vertical Strategy","query":"What governance frameworks and B2B\/B2C licensing models would be requisite for Macau to successfully establish an online gambling vertical, and what is the estimated NGR potential?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338,158],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-17114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","category-slider-home","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17114"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17136,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17114\/revisions\/17136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}